Expatriate as a ‘Good’ Migrant: Thinking Through Skilled International Migrant Categories

skilled migrant women in tehran

one of the key issues of migration concerns women’s migration. this article, examines the conditions of skilled immigrant women in ehran. qualitative method is used to collect the necessary data for this tudy. the research also conducts in-depth interview with 25 immigrate women residing in tehran. the results of the research show that migration decisions depend on multiple factors including la...

Obesity in International Migrant Populations

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review examines the risk of obesity in migrant groups-specifically migrants from countries with lower prevalence of obesity to countries with higher prevalence of obesity. We examine obesity prevalence within migrant groups compared with native populations and the evidence on factors that might shape obesity risk in these migrant groups. RECENT FINDINGS Migrants may arr...

International organizations and migrant health in Europe

International organizations have defined and managed different aspects of migrant health issues for decades, yet we lack a systematic understanding of how they reach decisions and what they do on the ground. The present article seeks to clarify the state of knowledge on the relationship between international organizations and migrant health in Europe. To do so, we review the operations of six o...

Studying Migrant Assimilation Through Facebook Interests

Migrants’ assimilation is a major challenge for European societies, in part because of the sudden surge of refugees in recent years and in part because of long-term demographic trends. In this paper, we use Facebook’s data for advertisers to study the levels of assimilation of Arabic-speaking migrants in Germany, as seen through the interests they express online. Our results indicate a gradient...

Informal International Border Crossing, Refugee and Illegal Migrant Workers: Issue in Travel Medicine